inauspicious

Adjective
  1. Not auspicious;
    Boding ill (synset 300178121)
    tells us about: auspiciousness, propitiousness - the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
    similar to: unpromising - unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment
    same as: unfortunate
  2. Contrary to your interests or welfare (synset 301000455)
    "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
    similar to: unfavorable, unfavourable - not encouraging or approving or pleasing
    same as: adverse, untoward
  3. Presaging ill fortune (synset 300179426)
    "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
    similar to: unpropitious - not propitious
    same as: ill, ominous

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